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Vol. 142. No. 1
Thursday, January 5, 2023
City initiates multi-million dollar water treatment plant project Water utility rate hikes planned in coming years Bella Biondini Times Editor
The City of Gunnison has begun the design process for a $20-30 million surface
water treatment plant — a multi-year project that will likely be the largest in the city’s history. G u n n i s o n ’s p r e v i o u s plant, built almost 100 years ago, went offline in the 60s. The city temporarily drilled wells in anticipation of building a new plant, but that never happened. In the new year, staff are taking Water plant A6
Morgan Raspanti
A moment of hope Michael Stanley, Steve Curtiss and Adam Crist (right to left) of Econo Lodge watch what would prove to be an unsuccessful shootout during the Gunnison adult fall B-league championship on Dec. 21. Econo Lodge lost to CB Electric in the fourth round of the shootout. For more, see B7.
Snowpack receives small Local TODAY boost entering new year businesses INSIDE
NEWS: GVH pushes employee retention programs, A3
Dangerous avalanche conditions persist in North Valley
COMMUNITY: Who ‘produces paradise’ in a resort town? B1
Bella Biondini Times Editor
After a dry autumn, the Gunnison Basin finally received some relief over the holidays as snow blanketed both ends of the valley. Although not nearly as large as 2021’s epic Santa Slammer, two storm cycles dropped feet of snow between Christmas and New Year’s Day. On Jan. 3, snowpack in the Upper Gunnison Basin sat at little above 130% of normal, while the rest of the state hovered around 125%. These percentages refer to how the present median snow water equivalent com-
SPORTS: Gunnison’s fall league hockey champions crowned, B7 OBITUARIES A3 OPINION A4-A5 CLASSIFIEDS A15-A17 SPORTS B7 ONLINE GUNNISONTIMES.COM
swap locations
All Sports Replay and OffCenter DeSigns will have new homes Abby Harrison Times Staff Writer
In a game of musical chairs in which everyone wins, a pair of Gunnison businesses are preparing to trade locations in February. OffCenter DeSigns and All Sports Replay will each move two blocks — in opposite directions — to set up shop in the other’s old space. For All Sports, that’s not all that’s changing. The sports equip-
Courtesy Crested Butte Avalanche Center
Snowpack A6
A large slide off the west side of Gothic.
All Sports A7
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